Century-Old Fossil Drawer Discovery Reveals New British Dinosaur Species
A long-clawed predator, Invictibellatrix amberina, is identified after a 1924 fossil sat in storage for 100 years. Discover this new UK dinosaur species.
POLICY WIRE — London, United Kingdom — A previously unknown species of predatory dinosaur has been identified after a fossil specimen remained tucked away in a drawer for over a century.
The creature, named Invictibellatrix amberina, was a long-clawed carnivore roughly the size of a large tiger. Researchers determined the species is related to the Tyrannosaurus rex and once roamed the region now known as Britain approximately 120 million years ago.
The discovery stems from a skull fossil originally unearthed on the Isle of Wight in 1924. Despite its significance, the specimen was overlooked by the scientific community for more than 100 years while held in the collection of the Natural History Museum.
Experts describe the dinosaur as an unconquered female warrior, a translation of its new scientific name. The identification of this predator highlights the wealth of prehistoric data still waiting to be uncovered within existing museum archives.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)
